Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london

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Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis London 4240 4125 53490 48700
In post 2024 Analysis Outside London 5910 5645 43080 40950
In post 2024 Analysis Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial London 1765 1735 61700 58800
In post 2024 Commercial Outside London 5930 5720 45940 41850
In post 2024 Commercial Overseas 35 35 65700 59660
In post 2024 Commercial Unknown 45 45 74800 69190
In post 2024 Communications London 2145 2100 51840 47240
In post 2024 Communications Outside London 2390 2270 39340 36280
In post 2024 Communications Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Communications Unknown 15 15 37820 35710
In post 2024 Counter Fraud London 3395 3210 40970 39890
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Outside London 13195 12175 34530 29630
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Unknown 25 25 34260 32790
In post 2024 Debt London 570 505 31500 28610
In post 2024 Debt Outside London 6990 6300 26580 24280
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology London 6325 6215 52500 48020
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology Outside London 21340 20740 44360 41210
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology Overseas 80 80 41750 40290
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2024-07-24

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Four organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).